美国黑人说唱乐的语言特色及其社会影响(3)
Greg Dimitriadis (Greg 58-95) explores the fascinating subject of black youth's textual readings and dynamic usage of Hip Hop and Rap music in his book Performing Identity or Performing Culture. His fresh point is the effort to link his claim about the performativity of identity to grounded pedagogical practice and policy initiatives.
In African American English, Green (124-146) presents an overview of speech events, within which braggadocio style, signification and toasts are discussed in Rap lyrics.
Spears (Arthur 1990) examines Rap from a historical standpoint, by concentrating on form and content in Race and Ideology: Language Symbolism, and Popular Culture. He holds that the language of Rap is primarily AAE, and Rap can be understood as a form of cultural resistance.
Why white kids love Hip-Hop unmasks the reason why Hip Hop appeal to white youth. Kitwana (45-49) largely concerns Hip Hop itself, especially the terrain of popular culture, youth culture, economics and politics, where Black and white kids interact.
Based on the previous researches, it’s can be found that Rap has always been a topic examined in the context of sociology, and little study linked to microlinguistics can be found, namely, the researches of Rap slang are limited. Furthermore, there is hardly any book about American Rap music in China since it is still on its way of formation and most of Chinese people, especially the older generation misread and reject this popular culture.
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